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Palestinians Stealing Water in West Bank
(Ynet News) Shmulik Grossman - Residents of villages in Mount Hebron woke up one morning this week to find that there was no water in their faucets because of the recurring problem of Palestinian water piracy. The Israel Defense Forces recently thwarted an attempt made by Palestinians to illegally connect to the Mekorot Israel National Water infrastructure in order to siphon off water from it. According to a senior official at the Israel Water Authority, "The pumping from these illegal drillings come to a massive quantity of 10 million cubic meters of water a year....The Palestinians are connecting illegally to the supply lines of Mekorot and are causing a shortage in Hebron, Kiryat Arba, Yatta, and the surrounding villages," affecting both Arabs and Jews. "Water theft from Israeli pipes costs the state millions of shekels every year."